Everything. Cynicism is crippling our capacity to deal with public problems.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Pork and the Public Interest
How conservatives read their own cynicism into public life.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Happy Returns: How the Working Poor Got Tax Relief
Left and right agree on one way to spell relief: EITC. But how much relief?
Posted inFeatures
Wild Pitch
For baseball players and fans, winter is the “off-season.” But for team owners and their executives, it is the season for deal making. As most fans are looking back on another season of what might have been (except for New York Yankee fans, who get to savor another World Series victory), the deal makers are […]
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Global Hiring Hall: Why We Need Worldwide Labor Standards
Years ago we decided to banish child labor within our borders. Will such standards now be extended to the global economy — or abandoned entirely?
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Predators’ Accomplice: How High Theory Abetted Speculative Excess
The prosecutor builds a case against academic apologists for the casino economy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Making the Poor Count
The poverty line came from a woman with a passion and a memory.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Imagesbusters, the Sequel
Can’t we fight televised mayhem and the real thing too?
Posted inAmerica and the World
Secret Justice: When National Security Trumps Citizen Rights
A series of recent court decisions upholds star-chamber proceedings.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Health Care: Reformers’ Rounds
Organizing Reform James A. Morone In the high drama of winning health reform, a crucial matter is being pushed aside–who is going to make the system work? The fate of health reform turns on effective, sensible administration. Ignoring the issue now will produce chaos when the reforms are implemented. The president’s Health Security Plan gives […]
